Does La Niña Guarantee Powder Days for Skiers? We Asked Meteorologists

A La Niña ski season is likely upon us. On July 11th, the Climate Prediction Center and the National Weather Service published an El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) update, which predicted that the odds of a La Niña developing during the late summer and fall are 70%.Record snowfall during the La Niña winter of '22/'23 allowed Mammoth Mountain, California to remain open until August 6th, 2023 (as seen in photo). The resort recorded more than 900 inches of snow at